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EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 2010
POOL
DRAINAGE PERMITS ARE NO LONGER NEEDED
Tempe City Code was amended to allow residents
to drain their 35,000 gallon or less swimming pool, under specified conditions,
without the need to apply for a free pool drainage permit.
The specified conditions are
as follows:
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The order
of preference for the discharge is as follows:
1.
It is highly recommended that
all discharge water be kept on your property
and used for landscape irrigation. This may require discharging intermittently
for several days if you have limited landscape area to prevent runoff onto the
right-of-way or onto a neighbor’s property.
2.
Discharge
of drainage from pools to the residential cleanout is allowed if the flow is
constantly monitored and
no chlorine has been added to the pool
for at least three (3) days before discharge, and the owner is liable
for any sewer backup or damage to their private system as a result of
discharging pool water to the sewer cleanout on their property.
3.
Pool
drainage water may be discharged to the right-of-way or street (not including
alleys) when correctly de-chlorinated and pollutant free, discharged using a
pump sized no more than 1.5 horsepower and drainage is monitored to ensure it
does not create flooding or damage, create a traffic hazard or otherwise
constitute a nuisance under §21-2(B)(18) of the City of Tempe Code.
Maintenance backwash water can only be discharged to owner property.
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If water is to be drained from
a commercial swimming pool or a residential swimming pool of
more than 35,000 gallons, the water must either be discharged
upon the owner’s property or to the sanitary sewer system only
if a permit is issued for the discharge by the Public Works
Department under §27-10(B)(18)
of the City of Tempe Code.
Contact Environmental Compliance Inspectors at (480)
350-2678.
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